Nepali Adverbs
Learning the Nepali Adverbs is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Nepali language. But first we need to know what the role of Adverbs is in the structure of the grammar in Nepali.
Nepali adverbs are part of speech. Generally they're words that modify any part of language other than a noun. Adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives (including numbers), clauses, sentences and other adverbs. Here are some examples:
| English Adverbs | Nepali Adverbs |
| adverbs | kriyavisheshan - क्रियाविशेषण |
| I read a book sometimes | m kahilekaahi eutaa pustak padhchhu - म कहिलेकाही एउटा पुस्तक पढ्छु |
| I will never smoke | m kahile pani dhumrapaan garne chhain । - म कहिले पनि धुम्रपान गर्ने छैन । |
| are you alone? | ke tpaai eklai ho - के तपाई एक्लै हो |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Adverbs in Nepali has a logical pattern. Locate the Adverbs above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Nepali.
List of Adverbs in Nepali
Below is a list of the Adverbs of time place manner and frequency in Nepali placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Nepali vocabulary.
| English Adverbs | Nepali Adverbs |
| adverbs of time | samayko kriyavisheshan - समयको क्रियाविशेषण |
| yesterday | haij - हिज |
| today | aaj - आज |
| tomorrow | bholi - भोली |
| now | ahile - अहिले |
| then | pahile - पहिले |
| later | pachi - पछि |
| tonight | aajaraati - आजराती |
| right now | ahile nai - अहिले नै |
| last night | haij raati - हिज राती |
| this morning | aaj vihaan - आज विहान |
| next week | arko hapta - अर्को हप्ता |
| already | bhaisakyo - भैसक्यो |
| recently | haalsaalai - हालसालै |
| lately | haalai - हालै |
| soon | chaandai - चाँडै |
| immediately | turntai - तुरन्तै |
| still | ajh samm - अझ सम्म |
| yet | tai pani - तै पनि |
| ago | kehi samay pahila - केही समय पहिला |
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| adverbs of place | sthanako kriyavisheshan - स्थानको क्रियाविशेषण |
| here | yahan - यहाँ |
| there | tyahan - त्यहाँ |
| over there | u tyahan - उ त्यहाँ |
| everywhere | jta tyatai - जता त्यतै |
| anywhere | jahan pani - जहाँ पनि |
| nowhere | katai pani chhain - कतै पनि छैन |
| home | ghar - घर |
| away | tada - टाढा |
| out | baahir - बाहिर |
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| adverbs of manner | chaalamaalaako kriyavisheshan - चालामालाको क्रियाविशेषण |
| very | jyaadai - ज्यादै |
| quite | nikai - निकै |
| pretty | vesai - वेसै |
| really | vaastvma nai - वास्तवमा नै |
| fast | chaando - चाँडो |
| well | asal - असल |
| hard | kathin - कठिन |
| quickly | chaandai - चाँडै |
| slowly | vistarai - विस्तारै |
| carefully | saavdhaanipoorvak - सावधानीपूर्वक |
| hardly | kathintapoorvak - कठिनतापूर्वक |
| barely | kamai - कमै |
| mostly | mushkilale - मुश्किलले |
| almost | praayjso - प्रायजसो |
| absolutely | nitaant - नितान्त |
| together | ekasaath - एकसाथ |
| alone | maatra - मात्र |
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| adverbs of frequency | aavritiko kriyavisheshan - आवृतिको क्रियाविशेषण |
| always | sandhai - सँधै |
| frequently | praayjso - प्रायजसो |
| usually | samaanytya - समान्यतया |
| sometimes | kahilekaahi - कहिलेकाही |
| occasionally | kadaachit - कदाचित |
| seldom | virlai - विरलै |
| rarely | aakkal jhukkal - आक्कल झुक्कल |
| never | kahile pani - कहिले पनि |
Adverbs of time place manner and frequency have a very important role in Nepali, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Nepali Adverbs, you might want to check the rest of our Nepali lessons here: Learn Nepali. Don't forget to bookmark this page.